BOOK I

(Psalms 1–41)

Psalms 1

The Two Ways

1   How happy is the one who does not

walk in the advice of the wicked

or stand in the pathway with sinners

or sit in the company of mockers! a

2   Instead, his delight is in the LORD’S instruction,

and he meditates on it day and night. b

3   He is like a tree planted beside flowing streams A

that bears its fruit in its season c

and whose leaf does not wither. d

Whatever he does prospers. e

4   The wicked are not like this;

instead, they are like chaff that the wind blows away. f

5   Therefore the wicked will not stand up in the judgment, g

nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

6   For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, h

but the way of the wicked leads to ruin. i